Challenges Do First Year Students Face at University

Education is the most important aspect of learning for every generation established in every mode. In university there are different field of studies with different years of each program. It is obvious that new students are going to face further challenges in university. In this case, these challenges could be the burden which can pull them out of the school without completing their studies. This essay will discuss these challenges in condition of financial, social, and academic. To begin with, financial problems are a major challenge for university students includes tuition fee, rent expenses, and text books. Tuition fee is the most common challenge for these students. Though, for some they only take one or two units per semester because of financial problems. The high costs of fee causes many problems for those who are not sponsored. Besides, fee expenses for each semester cost of thousands of dollars. So, tuition fee is a great burden for the unsponsored students. Furthermore, text books are the most essential property students must have in university. First year students also suffered in buying text books regarding to financial problem. Those who are not sponsored are suffered the most on the high cost of these books. Another challenge is that some of them have not enough money in a pocket. But in this case, such challenges can create lot of troubles in their minds throughout their time in the university. Moreover, rent is also a challenge for these students. These students might live in different hostels where some are cheap but isolated from the campus, and some are nearby the campus but expensive. It is better to live nearby the campus for new students to avoid troubles. However, they have problem with monthly rent where it is expensive but must be cleared. Another reason is based on a small amount of their allowance which cannot meet their expenses on rent and others. However, these financial challenges make them concern the most. Another major challenge...

...﻿The Transition Issues of Commencing University
Table of Contents
Page
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………...3
2. Literature review………………………………………………………………………...3
2.1 Adjusting to a new environment…………………………………………………..3
2.2 Time-Management…………………………………………………………………4
2.3 Balancing out university life……………………………………………………….4
3. Recommendations……………………………………………………………………..5
4. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………5
5. Reference List…………………………………………………………………………...6
Introduction
Transition into university entails various “personal and interpersonal challenges” (Parker et al.: Tinto, as cited in Mudhovozi, 2012). Students are forced to suddenly develop new relationships and learn university study and time-management skills. This task creates pressure and difficulties in adapting to university and must therefore be addressed because these difficulties are factors that affect student performance in university. This report aims to analyze some of the issues studentsface when commencing university, and recommend appropriate action for...

...University life can be a great experience. It can be fun and educational and, on the other hand, full of hardships. First-yearstudents at universityface a lot of challenges. These challenges can be divided into groups of which three are making adjustments, security and being lost.
First-yearstudents have to make a lot of adjustments. Studentsface difficulty in adjusting to a completely new lifestyle. University life is totally different from living at home and going to high school. For example, many students are living alone and adjusting to being alone is difficult. Furthermore, students get a lot of freedom since they are renting or living alone. They have to adjust otherwise they will find themselves moving adrift from their studies. Too much freedom also leads to getting involved with wrong crowds. Thus, the new way of life is difficult to adjust to.
The learning methods used at university is different from what it used to be at high school. Students find it difficult to fit in to this learning environment. At university, students have to attend lectures whereby a lecturer comes and discusses everything from the front. Students also have to do a lot by...

...ABSTRACT
This essay will examine the challenges and hardships that firstyear student’s
encounter at university. The problems that will be discussed in this essay is in terms
of economic, cultural and social issues. Each issue will present two main ideas with
an example. In addition it will further elaborate on these issues that firstyearstudentsface and the reasons why this has become an obstacle for them. This disquisition will
conclude that these challenges should be taken into serious consideration as it
involves ones future. If these issues are not looked at intently the consequences will
have a severe impact on the student’s life and academic performance.
WHAT CHALLENGESDOFIRSTYEARSTUDENTSFACE AT UNIVERSITY? DISCUSS.
Many people desire to acquire advanced education at a university. In doing so there are challenges that accompany this. In particular firstyearstudents are bombarded and affected the most by these issues. What are these issues that affect firstyearstudents? However it is important that these problems are identified and surpassed. The challenges encountered by...

...﻿Firstyearstudents’ challenges
Entering a collage is like entering to a new different culture for high school student. Students are not just entering a school, but they are entering an academic environment. Many challenges will be ahead for them since it is the firstyear of transition. Some students might need one or two semesters to adopt the new environment. The most common challenges that students will face are not only the academic challenge, but also time management and responsibility challenges.
Academic challenge is the first difficulty for the freshman students. The academic workload is a lot more that they can think of. Indeed, they are required to read and research more for their homework, assignments, or research papers. For example, students are required to finish one book in one or two week in order to do their do assignment, while other classes also have much homework. Students cannot complain that they have much other homework to do, but they need to finish it one time, instead. Be able to do so, students will need to face another challenge that is time management.
Time...

...the above that the Social Response Unit is presenting the following for our consideration and urgent response.
It is said that “No man has it all but he can get it all in and with all”
What we are presenting are not an end in themselves, however; our intention is that with your various inputs ,they can serve as a means to an end in our quest to proffering solutions to the problems facing the campus world. So truly with you and in you we can get it all.
|Take a look at this: As at the last count our student population was just barely over |
|25, 000, spread over 308 Campus groups nationwide. If we are going to transform the nation from the campus; numerical growth must not be |
|compromised. |
|Hear this; for 430 years the Israelites grew numerically through the womb of the Hebrew women to an appreciable population, large enough to be used |
|by God to actualize the promise he made with Abraham, hence the need for us to grow numerically. |
| |
|What are we Grappling with?...

...Eddie Altuna
Professor Casey
English 03/111
2 April 2013
College and FirstYearStudents
“One of the few rights America does not proclaim is the right to fail”. William Zinsser speaks shades truth when addressing the college student and the pressures imposed upon them. In our modern day and age, college students are mounted with problems: finance, respect, insecurity, and competition, are just a few. Modifications must be made in regards to relieving the high levels of stress students tend to inquire, opportunities to explore a variation of career types, and a general understanding from both teachers and students that the majority of freshmen have no clue what they want to do. It is for these reasons that I strongly lobby students not to decide on a major entering their firstyear of college. However, not everyone would agree.
It is ideal for students to compromise to a course and take the necessary steps in the completion and mastery of a particular profession. Because admission nowadays is exceedingly selective, it is important to know what you want in the beginning to keep you on track. “You don’t want to pay for college twice”, says Will McGuiness, editor of the Huffington Post. For students investing both their time and money into these institutions of higher learning, it seems...

...social convention or ethical theory.
Rights are essential pillars of any society.
Rights of a universitystudent
Students have the right to free inquiry
expression and association.
Students have the right to representation on
the appropriate, designated bodies.
Students accused of misconduct or of violating
university policy have the right to have a
determination of their violation or nonviolation in accordance with university
procedures.
Rights of a universitystudent cont…
Students have the right to protection against
improper disclosure of their student records.
Students have the right of access to their
personal educational records.
Students have the right to access all policies,
rules and decisions concerning their continued
enrollment, and to the required course
materials and facilities necessary to pursue
their studies.
Rights of a universitystudent cont…
Students have the right to educational
programs that meet the objectives of the
master syllabus, to teaching consistent with
those objectives, and to a learning
environment that encourages the students'
engagement with their education.
Students have the right to be informed by the
faculty near the beginning of each course
about course requirements,...